Author: Chet

“When you possess great treasures within you, and try to tell others of them, seldom are you believed.” The sentence above is from one of my favorite books The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho. Sometimes the best way to be heard is to say something (ccd, please). Most times, it’s to say nothing at all. Model … Continue reading The Alchemist…

The most read post on the BTL blog is this one from 2008. It comes courtesy of Tolstoy and his worthy read titled Family Happiness. Time is not changing, but many sense they have less. You and I are not an amalgamation of our successes and fails - we are so much more. Far too … Continue reading Simple, not easy…

Humans are funny animals in so, so many ways. Here’s another unique twist to our nature. We are naturally aimless. Unlike the rest of the animal kingdom, our instincts are not what set us on the straight and narrow. Nope, you can’t count on your instincts to decide where to build your den, find your … Continue reading Aimless…

I work one on one with twenty two individuals and one on a few with ten teams. Everyday I hear about problems and opportunities from each. Today was no different. One of my clients did not document a critical conversation with a teammate. He said one thing (or so he says) and they heard another. … Continue reading What’s documented…

Recently, during practice 64 with a team I love, one of the team asked which comes first clarity or discipline. He knew the answer and wanted to spur our thinking, at least that’s my perception. Instead of answering, I had OB read Steven Pressfield’s Foreword to BBTL. We went back to the beginning as a … Continue reading Clarity is Queen…

I remember back in 6th grade when I gave Nancy Adams a ring with the word love on it. She tossed it and me. Heartbroken. Not sure I learned a thing. Fast forward to senior year and the Kansas High School golf championship. We had won everything that year. I was number two man behind … Continue reading Heartbroken to whole…

Daniel Goleman is know as the Father of Emotional Intelligence. In fact, he wrote the book with said title. Check it out if you haven’t already. The book is loaded with insight into this mostly misunderstood intelligence. Here are a couple. First off. IQ is a threshold skill. Fact. If your IQ is somewhere around … Continue reading CEO disease…

It’s Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. Followers of Christ observe this period of 40 days to be reminded of who we are, why we’re here, and where we’re going. Here’s my leadership “and,” for what it’s worth. Whether you observe this season or not, remember we leaders are not called to a sense of … Continue reading Ashes…